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I grew up poor-living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was          and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still          to have a dream.
My dream was          . By the time I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and       anything that moved on the football field. I was also          : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me      to believe in myself.  He       me the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular _    with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike, new clothes and the       of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to       up summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was as         as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your        days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head         , trying to think of the       to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his      in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made       for me the difference between        something right now and having a          . I devoted myself to sports that summer and          the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was           a $20,000 contract. My baseball scholarship got me through university and in 1984 I signed with Denver Broncos for $1.7 million and bought my mother the house of her dreams.
小题1:
A.happyB.politeC.shyD.honest
小题2:
A.liveB.affordC.makeD.need
小题3:
A.athleticsB.musicC.businessD.money
小题4:
A.throwB.playC.passD.hit
小题5:
A.right B.popular C.luckyD.wrong
小题6:
A.how B.whyC.whenD.whether
小题7:
A.gave B.taughtC.brought D.asked
小题8:
A.accident B.matter C.problem D.experience
小题9:
A.aimB.ideaC.startD.purpose
小题10:
A.keepB.endC.giveD.pick
小题11:
A.mad B.puzzledC.frightenedD.shameful
小题12:
A.living B.playingC.workingD.learning
小题13:
A.movingB.noddingC.shakingD.hanging
小题14:
A.answersB.excusesC.words D.ways
小题15:
A.sadnessB.regretC.hopelessnessD.disappointment
小题16:
A.directB.clearC.straightD.bare
小题17:
A.wanting B.changingC.dreamingD.living
小题18:
A.wishB.dreamC.scoreD.desire
小题19:
A.byB.for C.overD.within
小题20:
A.paidB.got C.offeredD.presented

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:D
小题20:C

试题分析:文章讲述一位棒球运动员的故事,告诉我们追求梦想和面对现实之间的区别。
小题1:考查形容词:A. happy快乐,B. polite礼貌,C. shy害羞,D. honest诚实,由上文plenty of love and attention 可以看出作者的生活是幸福的。选A
小题2:考查动词:A. live生活,B. afford负担得起,C. make制作,D. need需要,此处可理解为“有能力拥有”。选B
小题3:考查名词:A. athletics运动员,B. music音乐,C. business生意,D. money钱,由下文打棒球可知。athletics “体育;运动”。选A。
小题4:考查动词: A. throw扔,B. play玩,比赛,C. pass通过,D. hit击打,本句意思是“我能投出每小时90 英里时速的快球,并能击中球场上的任何东西”。选D
小题5:考查形容词:A. right正确的,B. popular 受欢迎的,C. lucky幸运的,D. wrong错误的,由下文可知,没有这位教练,我就不能实现梦想。所以作者认为自己是幸运的。选C。
小题6:考查疑问词:A. how怎么,B. why   为什么,C. when什么D. whether是否,教练不但信任我,还教我怎么信任自己。选A。
小题7:. 考查动词:A. gave 给,B. taught教,C. brought 买,D. asked问,他教会我拥有梦想和实现梦想的区别。选B。
小题8:考查名词:A. accident事件,B. matter事情,麻烦,C. problem 问题,D. experience经验,经历,指与这位教练的一次特殊的经历。选D。
小题9:考查名词:A. aim目标,B. idea主意,C. start开始,D. purpose目的,买房子要花费许多钱,需要一段时间的积蓄。作者想把这次暑假打工作为积蓄的开始。选C。
小题10:考查动词:A. keep保持,B. end   结束,C. give  给,D. pick挑选,keep up 振作起来; end up 结束,终止; pick up 捡起。Give up放弃,指我不得不放弃夏季训练。选C。
小题11:考查形容词:A. mad疯狂的,生气的,B. puzzled困惑的,C. frightened感到害怕的,D. shameful可耻的,教练对他要放弃夏季棒球训练感到生气。选A。
小题12:考查动词:A. living生活,B. playing玩,打球,C. working工作,D. learning学习,本句意思:你打棒球的时间是有限的。选B。
小题13:考查动词:A. moving移动,B. nodding点头,C. shaking摇晃,D. hanging悬挂,with one’s head hanging 是习惯用法,表示“低下头;垂着头”。选D。
小题14:考查名词:A. answers回答,B. excuses借口,C. words话语,D. ways方法,words 表示“话语;言语”。 指我要想一些话来向他解释。选C。
小题15:考查名词:A. sadness悲伤,B. regret遗憾,C. hopelessness无望,D. disappointment失望,作者认为因挣钱而面对教练对他的失望是值得的。选D。
小题16:考查形容词:A. direct直接的,B. clear清楚的,C. straight直接的,D. bare秃的,make sth.clear“弄清楚”。这个简单的问题让我明白…,选B。
小题17:考查动词:A. wanting想要,B. changing改变,C. dreaming梦想,D. living生活,指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。选A。
小题18:考查名词:A. wish希望,B. dream梦想,C. score得分,D. desire愿望,指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。选B。
小题19:考查介词:A. by通过,B. for 为了,C. over越过,D. within在…里面,这里指:在一年之内我被Pittsburgh Pirates选中,为这支球队打球。选D。
小题20:考查动词:A. paid付钱,B. got得到,C. offered提供,D. presented呈现,递交,本句意思:球队给我提供了一份价值20 000 美元的合同。钱数后面有contract,不能用paid。选C。
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In the articles on natural history Carson wrote for various publications, she expressed dry facts in poetic and persuasive language. She wrote five books. Two of them, The Sea Around Us and The Edge of the Sea, have been called “biographies of the ocean.”
Carson also made the world aware of how scientific discoveries can harm as well as help living things. In her best-selling book Silent Spring, Carson challenged the profligate use of chemical pesticides by large agricultural and government organizations. She was the first to detail how the pesticide DDT had entered the food chain and damaged populations of bald eagles, falcons, and brown pelicans by causing the shells of their eggs to become so thin that they could not withstand the weight of the parent bird.
Carson died of cancer in 1964. Today, the Rachel Carson Council collects and disseminates (散播) information on pesticide-related issues. In 1970, the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge, a large area of salt marsh and freshwater habitat in Maine, was dedicated to her memory.
小题1:Which of the following words is closest to the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 3 ?
A.excessiveB.inadequateC.authoritativeD.efficient
小题2:Which of the following inferences is correct ?
A.Carson wrote books that the average person could understand.
B.Dangerous properties of new chemical products may be immediately apparent.
C.If not for Carson, no one would have learned about the dangers of DDT.
D.In 1970, large quantities of salt and freshwater were dedicated to Carson’s memory by the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge
小题3:Which of the statements below expresses the main idea of the passage ?
A.Writers have played an important role in the battle against pollution.
B.The scientist Rachel Carson taught people about environmental issues through her writing.
C.Carson’s book Silent Spring changed the way some pesticides were used.
D.Many of Carson’s books were about pesticide-related issues.

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I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that’s impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.
In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.
The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn’t large and I live better. Non-imported(非出口的) foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can’t afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor area in China. But they organized Project Hope many years age. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.
When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.
When I am asked which country I consider better. China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”
小题1:What does the author think of Chinese people?
A.He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.
B.He thinks most Chinese people are proud.
C.He praises most Chinese people a lot.
D.He dislikes most Chinese people.
小题2:What is the author doing in China?
A.He is visiting the places of interest.
B.He is teaching English in a school.
C.He is studying in a college.
D.He is on business.
小题3:What are not cheap in China in the author’s opinion?
A.Clothes and shoes made in China.B.Local foods
C.Public transportation tickets.D.Imported foods
小题4:We can infer from the passage that the author thinks________.
A.the westerners have got to know China well
B.China’s economic miracles have appeared everywhere
C.the progress of China is seldom reported in the US
D.the education in rural areas is never cared about in China
小题5:In the author’s eyes,________.
A.China is different from the US
B.China is better than the US
C.Americans are richer than Chinese
D.China bears great similarities to the US

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